Thursday, March 23, 2017

WHAT I ATE TODAY #1

Since I’ve
embarked on Operation-Summer-Bod, my weightloss has been slow but steady. I’m
also adopting a very ‘flexitarian’ diet, which means that most days I eat
meat-free meals, some days I’m vegan, and other days I still love to rip in to
a big fat burger. I’ve been much more creative in the kitchen lately, just
because my diet has changed so much lately. Eating meat-free meals makes you
want to add in flavour where you might be missing it from meat, and when I cook
vegan meals, I go crazy experimenting with new spices and flavours. I wanted to
start this ‘What I Ate Today’ series because it might be really fun to
photograph what I’m shovelling down my neck. As well as this, if I come up with
a wicked recipe, It’ll be easy to share it with you!

When I
started this weightloss mission, I weighed 9st 4lbs. This is the heaviest I’ve
ever been. I’m about 3 weeks in, and although I have enjoyed about 4 cheat
days, I’m now dead on 9st. So here's what I ate today!

3 egg +
ham omelette

I took 3
large eggs and a splash of semi-skimmed milk and whisked it up in a mug. Then I
shredded a slice of honey-roasted ham and a sprinkle of black pepper. I just
chucked this in a pan on a low heat and made myself quite a humungous omelette.
I calculated the calorie count of this to be around 350 calories, which is pretty good going. I’d usually smother this
in cheese and bbq sauce, but as I’m being healthier recently I’m trying to cut
down on the unnecessary fat and sugars.

Tesco
Healthy Living Lentil + Vegetable soup

I’m
absolutely obsessed with soup!! And when I realised that lots of supermarkets
do a low-calorie option, I immediately stocked up on the various
calorie-counted soups. I literally just throw this in a bowl and zap it in the
microwave (no unnecessary dishes to do! Bonus!) for about 3 minutes. There’s
technically 2 servings per tin, but since they’re so low in calories, I don’t
feel too guilty about eating the whole tin. The whole tin contains 156 calories, and I don’t have any
bread or anything with it. I usually feel really satisfied after a big bowl of
soup, so I’m happy to only have this small amount of calories.

My DIY
Burrito Bowls

This is
an old photo but I re-made this recipe that I came up with/stole from Tortilla.
It’s a wrap-less burrito which makes it a lower carb option, and is packed full
of vegetables, beans, rice, guacamole and cheese! It is quite a calorific meal
for me, coming in at 461 calories,
but it’s full of goodness and is so unbelievably filling. I know you’re meant
to eat a smaller meal in the evenings, but as I’ve stopped eating late and ain
to have dinner between 6pm and 7pm, I feel better about nomming this down. The full recipe blog-post (which I’m super proud of!) can be found here.

I had a
couple of sugary bevvies throughout the day, though. I’ve had a can of coke which is
about 140 calories (oops) and now
I’m sitting here sipping on Lambrini. Luckily, Lambrini, despite being
completely embarrassing to admit you drink, is very low in calories. It’s
roughly 100 calories per most-of a
bottle (yes I’ve drank most of a bottle what about it?).

This
means that my day’s calorie intake was 1206.
I’m pretty pleased with that. I like to aim for between 1200 and 1300 calories
per day, because it definitely means that I’ll be losing some weight somewhere,
even if I can’t be bothered to go for runs. I really hope you enjoyed this
blog-post! I’ll be doing more of them in the future; partly to keep me on my toes
and conscious of what I’m shoving down my neck, and also to hopefully inspire
and motivate others who are on the weightloss-bandwagon!